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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-01-04
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BooTs AND SHOES

August II. 1886.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02
MiSiudgiug Silent PcOpIc.

When Il number Of good humorcd
people are setting out, bright and carly
in the morning, on some cxhilarating
expedition, it is pleasant to notice how
lively and expansive they are. For the
first hour they talk all at once, laughing
their words rather than speaking them.
But as the forenoon goes on, one after
another drops gradually into compara-
tive quiet and silence. 1t is not that
they have ceased to enjoy the excursion
and each other but the first cfrerves-
ccnce of the uncorkcd animal spirits of
the morning has spent itself.
In similar fashion, as we get on in
life past the period of obstrepcrous
youth, we incline to talk less and write
less, especially on the topics which we
have most at heart. The younger pco
pie notice this, and think it is because
We are growing lulicwarm on these mat
ters. They dcpIorc us, among them
selves, as being 'lost leaders," or lost
followers, OF this and the other fine
cause. But they do not understand.
The thought is deeper and stronger in
us now, perhaps, than when it was visi-
bic at the surface and made more noise.
We are beginning to realize the useless
ness of pcrpetuaIly talking, that is ALL.
If there is thing to be said, we prefer
to wait and say it only when and where
it will hit something or somebody.
Il Atlantic Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02

Breathing through the open mouth il
practsed for the most part only by
"civilizcd" men. The aborignces OF
our country, and savage tribes els,-
where, always keep the mouth tightly
closed and breathe through the nos.
trils.
Nature is wiser teacher than fashion,
for the primitive method of breathing is
the best one on every principle Of hygi-
enc. There is danger OF severe injury
to the bronchial tubes and to the deli
cate vessels of the lungs, in passing
from the warm air of house to an at
mosphcrc in the ncighborhood of zero,
il the air is taken directly into the lungs.
BY passing it through the nostrls the
chillis removed, and the shock from the
sudden change escaped.
Yet our rcaGers will remember that
Lieut.. SchwOtka, in an article which we
recently published, said that in the most
intense cold of the Arctic regions, one
must usually breathe through the mouth.
If the modern germ theory of the orr
gin of infectious diseases is tue, breath
ing through the nostriIs is one of ma
ture's safeguards. The hairs, which
line the entrance to the nostrils, may ar
rest the germs floating in th> air, and
prevent their passage to the lungs, and
consequent absorption by the blood.
Parents ought to teach their children
early to breathe only through the nos.
trils. - Youths Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02

Frying, as the operation is usually
done in this country constitutes the
basis of American simplicity in the
culinary art, and all physicians are
agreed that probably no other single
factor is so prominent in the production
of our national disease, dypcp 10, as
this. lido not desire to be understood
AS condcmnIng frying or any of the
modlfic tions of the process of cooking,
when properly done. On the contrary,
| think it is an excellent method of pre-
pairing meats, fish and many vegetables
for the table But how rarely is the
American frying pan anything else than
a utcnsil for slowly stcwing an article in
grease. Saturated and pcrmcated with
fat, the fried artcc c of food be-
comes an indigestiblc mass, incapable of
acting as an alimcnt - Geo. II. Rohe,
NJ ID
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02

The pta plant OF Honduras invites the
enterprise of American capital and
Yankee invention. Only one
thing is needed and the lucky mans
fortune is made. Mr.. Buchard, our con-
sui, reports that this pita plant, which
has never been cultivated, grows spon-
tancously and in apparently incxhaust-
iblc quantities by the margin Of every
river and lagoon, and, indeed, anywhere
below the altitude of two thousand
feet. 1t can be had for the cost of cut.
ting.
The fibre is susceptible Of thousand
uses. The people Of Honduras convert
it into thread for sewing boots ard shoes,
and into nets, fish lines and cordagc.
The finest hammockS and most cost V
are also made of it. The small quaint
ties which have been sent to this market
have been manufactured into hand
kcrchicfs, laces, ribbons, fa,se hair and
wigs.
The difficulty is to dccorticatc the
plant without rotting or otherwise injur-
ing the fibre. The MN who can do
that will be able to take fortune at the
flood. In other worls, brains will bring
bullion. - n. Y. Herald
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02
ReCupcratiyo Power.


The resistance, active and passive, OF
the physical system to destru tive agents
is wonderful. Huge wounds heal up
and leave nothing but scar. This is
true not only of the external muscular
tissue, but of the internal organs, in
cluding even the brain.
A large part of a bone may be taken
out, and the bone grow again. Deadly
poisons may bo swallowed, and the
various eliminating organs will go to
work 10 destroy their power, and often
fully succeed. Millions of persons
transgress nearly every law of their
physical SYSTEM and still live out hall
their days, because of the unceasing
struggle of that other law-the law OF
recuperation-to undo the mischief, or
to reduce it to a minimum,
A bullet has been carried in the brain,
or in some large bono or muscle, for
years without appreciablc harm. In
such cases, nature builds a tough inclos-
ing wall around the intruding object,
thus preventing either friction or the
solution of the lead and the absorption
Of the poison into the circulation.
The following case, the full details OF
which are given in recent Lancet,
strikingly illustrates the tolerance and
rccupcrativc power of the SYSTEM:
A soldier was badly wounded in the
knee by the explosion of a rifle. After
he had lain in the hospital five months,
during which time the joint constantly
suppuratcd, and was several times laid
open with the knife, the wound healed
up. lie became able to do his work as q
messenger, and suffered no inconven-
ience from the injury for eleven years.
Then an absccss formed, which dis
charged for some eight years, when the
surgeon succeeded in removing q small
portion of the brass hcel-plate of the
rifle and bits of lead from the knee.
The absccss remained open, occasionally
discharging small portions of brass, lead
and gritty matter for the next nine years,
or until the summer of 1885. At that
time, the surgeon at the hospital who
then took charge of the case, succeeded
in tracing the sinus, or opening, back to
hard object in the opposite side Of the
joint. Laying open the flesh at this
point, he found and removed the Offend
ing cause, which was onc-half of fiat
tened and misshapen bullet. In few
weeks the man was able to walk with
little inconvenience, and returned home
with the prospect of perfect restoration.
Even in this case, jagged as was the
bullet, the cavity which was about an
inch in diameter, was lined with firm
capsule. - Y0WNS Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02
DcfYinC the MCrtnry.

Congressman Tllman, of the Edgcficld.
South Carolina, district, belongs to the
anti-ovcrcoat brigade, of which Hann-
bal Hamlin is the general, When the
mercury is cuddliug into cup at zero he
walks TO the capitol with his sack coat
unbuttoncd, and rallies his heavily
wrapped colleagues on their olrcminacy,
He has not worl an ovcrcoat in thirty
five years, and never has a fire in his
room in the coolest weather. lie is GO
years old, but there is not more athletic
man in congress. Mr.. TIllman tells with
prd, that he has never made the pro-
fcssional acquaintance of doctor. =
Atlanta Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
Hints 10 RheumatIcs.


IT were now to guess at the life his
tories of those matronly ladies who lean
as gracefully as they can on their silkcn
umbrellas, should say that their trou
bic, if not hereditary, arose from dietary
errors and want of sufficient exercise.
They have been busy people, perhaps =
busy at some kind Of business which
took up all their time; they did not re-
quirc exercise, they thought, being al
ways on the move, one way or another
with only the walk to and from church
on Sunday TO count for relaxation of
mind. They forgot, or they did not
know, that moving around at the duties
OF business is not exercise in its proper
sense; that exercise must be pleasurablc
TO be of any avail; that mind and body
must both have change. Probably tho
digestion began to fail before a twingc
of rheumatism took place; they had lit
tic appetite for breakfast, except for that
cup of tea and toast. They often felt
weary before the day was half ovcr-
tirel. emphasize the word 'tired"
because this feeling is universal at the
outset Of chronic rheumatism. Some
times their backs achcd in so weary a
way that even appetite was interfcrcd
with, and depression of spirits caused
them to take very gloomy views of life,
inde5d. Corlials would be suggested.
All these cordias, what q deal Of mys-
terry they have to account for. Giving
but temporary relief, requiring to be ta-
ken oftcncr, and still more often, as the
taking Of them becomes ahabit, injuring
the digestion, producing irr,tability of
temper and restless nights, they never
fail to increase the troubles they are
meant to qucl, and shorten life ITSELF
Casselrs Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02
The BaObab Tree,

The baobab tree, says writer in tho
Cleveland Leader, are believed TO be the
oldest trees in the world. Adansoa
thought some that he saw were at least
six thousand years old. Livingstone
estimated that one he examined was
fourteen hundred years old. Some re-
cent traveller speaks Of one that he saw
in ScNcgamyia; the account Of that il.
tcrcsted me not little. Yen will re.
member that this tree sends out such I'M
mcnsc branches that they bend to the
ground for support, though they grow
to a gr at length before they bend, often
from sixty to seventy five feet. This
one IN Snccambia must be the great
grandfather Of the baobNb trees; it is
large enough to be us!l as Il public hall
for national meetings, and its portals are
ornamental with qutint rude sculptures
cut cut of the living wood.
There sa tree in Madagascar that ha,
the appearance Of huge fan with a
rather unwcliy handle, Tho
body Of the tree rises some
thirty feet, when leaves grow from oppo
site side of the stem. These leaves arc
six feet long and stand upon leaf
stalk eight feet in length, and there are
from twenty to twcnty-four of these
leaves on single stem, and spread out
like an open fan. 1t must be strange
sight to see this fan from a distance.
But the best part about this tree has not
vet been told. In the dry season, if
the native with his spear picrccs one OF
these trees, just where the fan part be-
gins to rise from the body, he is reward.
ed by copious flow ofpurc, fresh water,
and as cool as If 1t had been raised in
the old oakCn bucket from the depths OF
the well. The leaves Of this tree form
the thatch of all the houses on the
eastern portion Of the island. Tho
stems of the leaves are used for partitions
and sometimes the silcs of houses. The
outside bark of this tree, at n fiat, is
laid for floorin,. These leaves, when
green, serve for tablec oths and plates at
meals,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02
Life's Roses.
Through smiles the roses are climbing,
Climbing tenderly over her face;

| Through smiles the roses are climbing,
Climbing tenderly over her face;
They gather in beautiful clusters,
Tinting softly each dimplo and spaca
Her love weaves coloring Of roses
SO changeful tho tinting steals DER,
That Pm lost in deep alteration
OF the roses that bloom at the door.
Her eye full OF suns scntillatons,
Softly flashes amid her sweet smiles;
And countless the roses that cluster,
Quickly gathering and blooming the while
Her welcome is not IN words given,
Yet it seems from the dear heart to pour
Md glowing enchantment Of roses
The roses that bloom at the door.
Tho l csc leaves are ceasclessly falling,
So softly, so sweeily, and pure;
While rosebuds are springing about us,
The sweet treasures of home that. allure.
IT'S true that our cottage is humble,
In the worlds goods, know, we are poor
But that docs not alter the beauty
OF the roses that bloom at the door.
Yes, our home is humble and lowly;
By the fields where labor each day,
Cheeriuly attending the croppings,l
That my toll in rare comfort repay;
The plants grow and boom in abundance,
To fulness my graneries they store:
Yet the charm of it all is the roses,
That bloom when she comes to the door,
follow the plow in the furrow,
Turning over the rich, mellow earth;
While green corn goes waving and flashing,
As rejoicing with mo in its mirth.
The rich soil is teemng with blessings,
While I'm toiling its rare fruits outpour;
Its fulness Of treasure surrounds me,
Mid the roses that bloom at the door.
The sunset of evening comes glowing
With changes of coloring and shade;
And filling all space with its beauty,
Over stream, over meadow and glade.
The beauty of heaven in richness,
Its rare tnts Of colorng outpour,
So brilliant, 20 changeful and charming
With the roses that bloom at the door,
dream of these roses while sleeping,
They come clustering as angels above;
Tho buds and the flowers of Gods keeping,
To be gathered in heaven through love;
know that these oScs are real,
That they'll climb and cntwno evermore,
Mn?ling our sous in one being,
With tho charms they havo wrought at the
door,
IA. Sanders Piatt in the Current.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02

A window open slight distance both
top and bottom and chimney draught
also open, are the only sure ways Of
keeping pure air in sleeping room
whose doors are oSed.
A simple remedy for neuralgia is to
apply grated horse radlsh prepared, the
same as for table use to the temple, when
the face CT head is affected, or to the
wrist when the pain is n the arm or
shoulder.
When ones clothing becomes damp
from exposure to the weather, it is best
to change it Immediately. Rub the skin
with dry, hard towel until the body is
in glow all over; but if it is impracti-
cable to change the garments, exercise
moderately SO that enough heat may gen.
crate in the system to dry the skin and
clothing without chill.
Apples stcwcd and swcctened arc
pleasant to the taste, cooling, nourish-
ing and laxative, far superior in many
cases to the abominable doses Of salts
and oils usually given in fever and other
diseases. Raw apples and dried apples
stcwcd are better for constipation than
liver pills.
To cure chappcd hands take common
starch and rub it into fac, smooth
powder, put in clean tin box, and
every time the hands arc removed from
dish water or hot suds, rinse them care
fully in clean water and while they are
damp, rub pinch of starch over them
covering the whole surface.
A sauccrful of shaved ice may be pre-
served for twenty four hours, with the
thermometer in the room at 90 F., if the
following precautions are observed. Put
the saucer containing the ice in a sonp-
plate and cover it with another. Place
the soup plates thus arranged on a good
heavy pillow and cover with another
pillow, pressing the pillows so that the
plates are completely imbcddcd in them.
An Old jocIl plane set deep, is a most cx.
cclent thing with which to shave ice. 1t
should be turned bottom upward and
the ice showed backward and forward
over the cutter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02

Once upon time there lived a great
and famous king, who, although he had
everything that he possibly could de-
sire still found cause for dissatisfac-
tion and unhappiness. He was not con-
tent with possessing the love and adj
miralion of his people in the present, but
wished to be rcm:n'bor"d Ky them long
after, when he should be dead.
"'Tis true" said he, "just now my
subjects love me, and my name is known
and feared in many lands; but in a few
short years l shall be gone, and who
will then remember mc2'
At last lie joyfulIy thought of a plan
hy which his memory would always re-
main fresh and green.
lie would build n church. q church so
magnificent and so vast, that ir all the
world there would be none to equal it.
In order, therefore, that the glory
should be all his own, he gave strict
commands that no one should contribute
towards the erection OF tue building.
So, in time, Il splendid cathedral
arose, and the king looked upon it with
feelings Of pride and pleasure; Tor was it
not hitting monumcnt'
When the gorgeous cdfcc was CON-
plctcd, he caused his name to be in
scnbcd upon its walls in golden letters
upon marble tablet, and that night he
jald his head upon his pillow, content at
last.
As the king slept he had strange
lrcam. lie dreamed that he saw an
angel come and rub out his name upon
the marble, and write another there in
its stead Three times that night he had
the same dream. When morning came he
summoned his court and badc them seek
throughout the kingdom for the owner
of the name the angel had written. Very
soon the messengers returned hay-
ing found poor widow of that
name, who waited in fear the kings
commands.
bid her enter"
The trembling woman was brought
before the thr)
Now" said the monarch, "what
hast thou given towards the building
of my church2 Speak the truth
"NIost gracious king" was the reply,
81 gave nothing; for l am poor and
have nought to give except my prayers,
else would have offered more. ElcA
night, indeed, l asked blessing for
thee and for thy work; and oncc-but
once-l gave wsp of hay to one of the
poor horses who drew the stones along
the road"
The king was silent awhile, then he
spoke.
500" said he, "eraso my name from
the marble tablet, and place thereon the
name Of this good woman. Rightly am
I rcbuked Scll-glory was my aim;
what she hath done was done for love Of
God alone. - Little Folks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02
CHILDRES'S COLUMN.
The Foolish Friends.

In the depths of forest there lived
two foxes, who never had cross word
with each other. One Of them said one
day in the politcst fox language;
'Lets quarrel"
every well" said the other; ''os YOU
please dear friend. But how shall we
set about it2'
ooh! it can not be difficult" said
fox number one; "two-legsed people
fall out, why should not wcl'
So they tried all sorts Of ways, but
it could not be done, because each one
would give way. At last number one
fetched two stones.
There" sail he, "you say they're
yours, and I'll say they're mine, and VIC
will quarrel, and fight and scratch.
Now, I'll begin. Those stones arc
mncw
"Very well" answered the other,
''you Nrc welcome to thcm.n
"But we shall never quarrel at this
rate y cried the other, jumping up and
licking his face.
"You old simplcton, don't you know
that it takes two to make quarrel any
dayT
So they gave itup as a bad job, and
never tried TO play at this silly gamo
again.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02

Secretary Evarts uses some rcmarka-
bly, long sentences doesn't he" said q
traveller to his scat-mate with whom he
had been discussing the various states
men.
"Yes, but don't think any of his
can compare in length to a sentence
that heard Judge Bromley get off last
week.
"What was t2"
"Twenty five years" - Merchans
Traveller.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02

Omaha Butchcr--"Well, should say
you do look hungry"
Tramp-"Not had a meal since yes.
tcrdoy. Can't you spare me dinner
somehow
"Wcll, no, | have no small change;
but, here, I'll give you bccfstcak and
you can build Il fire out there and cook
it."
"No, thankce, I've got piece of my
bootleg left Omaha World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02
Where the News Is.

Husband-What arc you reading, my
dearl
Wife--A long letter from mother.
Husband-Has she anything in par
ticular to sayl
Wife-I don't know l haven't go,
to the postscript yet Harper's Bazaar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02
Ambiguous.

Smith (with cfrusiop)-Hello, Brown,
is that you1 l heard you were drowned.
Brown (with sadncs>) No, it was my
brother.
Smith QhOught.cssly- pity. -
Washington Critic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02

They do not say Stomach ache" in
Boston. "Gostric Neuralgia" is the
proper word, but it gets there all the
same.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-02-02

Mrs. Fairfax and Vincy were just sit
ting down to their lemon cakes, rasp-
berry jam and fragrant Oolong tea, when
the door opened and Cecil appeared.
And so Vncy had the pleasant chat
with him, after all, while Mrs. Fairfax
set away the tea things, and the bright
freight flashed over the coscy room, and
Cecil watched Vincy's fair face with a
look of lover-likc admiration in his hand.
some eyes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
The Great Chinese Wall.

From Gen. Wilson's book on china.
1.-THE Great Wall Of China is in fine condition
where examined 1t, though ruinous in parts 1t
IS from 25 to 80 feet hgh Is to 20 feet thick and
revetted outside and in with cut granite masonry
laid in regular courses with an excellent mortar
OF lime and sand. 1t is surmounted by parapet
or battlement Of gray burned brick Is or 20
inches thick, covered with moss and pierced with
crenelated openings for the defenders whether
archers or matchlockmen, to FIRE through. The
rear or inner revetment wall is also furnished
with a lower parapet, but 1t Is not crenelated.
The top Is paved with a double layer OF brick
about a foot square. The inside or the wall Is
made or earth and loose stone, well rammed in
Every 200 or 800 yards yards there is a thanking
turret 35 or 40 feet high, projecting beyond and
overlooking the face OF the wall in both directions
and near each turret is stone staircase
leading down between the walls to a door
astonishing thing about it is, however, that 1t
climbs straight up the steepest and most rugged
mountain sides, courses along their SUBMITS de-
scends into gorges and ravtnes, and rising again,
skirts the face OF almost inaccessible crag crosses
rivers Valleys and plains in endless Succession
seashOre on the guilt OF Pe-Chee-Lee to the desert
wastes OF TurkeStan. No spot is left unguarded
or uncovered, and no matter how fierce and active
were the wild tribesmen who aSSailed 1t, or how
tnnumerable their armies 1t Is evident that it
could, II well defended, DEFY the world up to the
day Of gunpOwder and artillery. Indeed, 1t IS al
most impossible to conceive OF its capture except
through treacnery or gross neglect on the part OF
those whose duty 1t should be to defend IL. 1t is
laid out In total defiance Of the rules OF military
accessible and the gates so well arranged and de-
Tended, that 1t would puzzle a modern army with
nrst-claSS siege train TO get through It, II any
effort whatever were made for its Defense"